A Hornbook, A Fraktur And A Giveaway...

HORNBOOK:

A child's primer consisting of a sheet of parchment, vellum 

or paper, mounted on wood, bone, leather or stone 

and protected by a sheet of transparent horn.

The parchment paper displayed the alphabet, 

vowels, religious materials, etc.  

The frame often had a handle, 

enabling the child to grasp the primer.

Circa 1595 or possibly earlier.

My newest release, 'A Mother's Watch',

is a punch needle design mounted on a hornbook.  
I painted the hornbook a shade found in the wing of the bird
 and gave it a 'finish' by hand applying wax.
(To learn more about using wax, go to 
Aging With Wax.)  

Reproduction Hornbooks are beautiful 

to use in finishing projects.  I purchased 

this Hornbook from Tara at Perfect Prim Punch.

She was willing to work with my specifications

and created exactly what I needed 

to finish my project.
Tara has beautiful hornbooks to choose from.
(In fact, it will be hard to choose only one !)

Tara was delightful to work with and my perfect

hornbook arrived promptly !

This punch needle design is an adaptation of a Fraktur,

dated '1800'.  The Artist is documented as unknown.

I made every attempt to keep the various hues 
and shading accurate to the original 1800 Fraktur.

Valdani Perle Cotton was used in this design,

however a conversion for DMC floss is included with pattern.

Now available in my Studio... 

go to 'A Mother's Watch', to learn more.

To view my other patterns, go to

Punch Needle Patterns.

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Now, the best part...

a GIVEAWAY.

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'A Mother's Watch' pattern and Hornbook

GIVEAWAY.

I will be giving away this Fraktur pattern WITH

one of the above Hornbooks to a lucky winner.

To enter the Giveaway,

leave a comment on this post.

A winner will be chosen (by Random . org)

on Monday evening, June 13, 2016 !

Sorry, shipment within USA, only.

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This Giveaway is now closed.
A winner has been notified.
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Enjoy this beautiful day !
Rose